Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87717687bf9a59eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 13:44:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 86fb8dc7282328a1e7a17d70c9ec1245 SHA-1: 8d7feeed1b5f4e53f05cacde8079f43dceecbedb SHA-256: 87717687bf9a59eb8e7de93fc8feb93ecd02ef366790e5131c233b67200f7c41
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely to host further malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The PDF structure and embedded links suggest an attempt to lure users to external, untrusted resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06e599665d02913b373042087a829ad9/52780235645.pdf
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e482dd26b22f46378a4f5c3260dded0/kujefi.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24d2cdf3092e941117e1ffc7e938832/febapanuv.pdf
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/50288025449.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b247238153e7b3cc857d72f40df6f43d/zulokibunoxizudugeseg.pdf
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c5b2b2a4---53051168304.pdf
    • https://www.ibyservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c60d05e8f547c4fc478ffcac6b8d3c5/gozuvabidunonolugewudetup.pdf
    • http://ukrainski-rosyjski.pl/userfiles/file/34581519444.pdf
    • http://eros-arena.de/eros/userfiles/file/rewoxizovo.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f494c6b17---vefinudetuven.pdf
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/87177507477.pdf
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0785fd78798e6a4a318a11b7e8ad715/79074138515.pdf
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac59eec8fbf---pajutojewibapeposutu.pdf
    • https://kovtec.pl/eurostyl/photos/file/gopoli.pdf
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff10e79078236169c8981173855b3c70/20738554231.pdf
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/710590aeb65274bbd0a91f9c1a1a6b47/74037781899.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607281b1a0605---26296873050.pdf
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8ba336a7dd---nukukef.pdf
    • http://bluecars.pl/userfiles/file/xuxisevabonagutemiwuxe.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a07b3daede4---24481651675.pdf
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04345e553aed261facd97c61e8b51d7b/99348527259.pdf
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/tanigaxolanurimijum.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=square+root+of+70
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000122d1.bin
66066945f4ea2106606056b6633a02eb0c6984893a599caab55ee5d9d146f397
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122D1 17708 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000150d6.bin
59d3ab5ef1a206b57c71198fd0b6a1adf8e369293de6c593be8fa04a3eca249f
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x150D6 10288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001683e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1683E 16792 bytes